profaned

verb

Definition of profanednext
past tense of profane
1
as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality the once-lovely landscape had been profaned by ugly factories

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2
as in abused
to put to a bad or improper use profaned his considerable acting talents by appearing in some wretched movies

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3
as in violated
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect invading troops profaned the altar by playing poker on it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profaned
  1. degraded
  2. abused
  3. violated
  4. poisoned
  5. deteriorated
  6. weakened
  7. destroyed
  8. diluted
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  • The permissiveness of college administrators in their tolerance for intolerance against free speech on campus has degraded free-speech protections dramatically.
    Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1912 and the 1960s, not only blocked salmon from reaching spawning areas but also degraded the river’s water quality, contributing to toxic algae blooms and disease outbreaks that at times killed masses of fish.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of degraded
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  • Bozanich, who did not believe that José Menendez abused the brothers, said that even if their account is accepted as true, they were still convicted of gunning down their parents in cold blood.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The dismissals by the social media giant targeted those who had consistently abused the system over an extended period.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of abused
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  • And can anyone even count at this point how many times characters on this show have violated HIPAA?
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The distribution of Pandas in a Pennsylvania public school district led to a 2005 district court decision that determined the school board had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of violated
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  • Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of poisoned
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  • As Putin kept stacking charges, the conditions of his imprisonment deteriorated.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
    Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of deteriorated
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  • The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.
    Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The yen weakened in its largest single-day decline since June 2022.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of weakened
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  • However, by October 1, senior Israeli and American officials assessed that the Israeli air campaign has destroyed half of the militia’s missiles and rockets.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Liber Pater wines are made on a tiny patch of land in the Graves region of Bordeaux, one of the few places unaffected by the phylloxera bacterium that destroyed vineyards across Europe in the mid-19th century.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • Their small stake will get diluted to almost nothing, even if the company becomes successful.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Choi family’s stake was divided among his five sons and got diluted.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of diluted
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